External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99263	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66447	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67361	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60081
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 63003	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58143	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67323
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66752	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67810	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68177	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67390
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68156	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68034	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67866	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66225
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69308	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69443	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75203
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72937	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70780	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69646	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67728
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66350	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86184

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease